Article 6a - County Board Of Election Commissioners
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 6A heading) ARTICLE 6A. COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑1)
Sec. 6A‑1. Any county in which there is no city, village or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may establish a county board of election commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of the electors of the county in accordance with Section 6A‑2.
The fact that some territory in a county is within the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners does not prevent that county from establishing a county board of election commissioners in accordance with this Article if no portion of such city, village or incorporated town was within the county at the time of the establishment of the board of election commissioners for such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant to this Article, the county board of election commissioners shall, with respect to the territory in the county within the corporate limits of the city, village or incorporated town, supersede the board of election commissioners of that city, village or incorporated town.
(Source: P.A. 81‑1433.) |
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑2)
Sec. 6A‑2. Whenever registered voters in the county numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8 of the number voting at the last preceding general election in the county, whichever is less, petition the circuit court to submit to the electors of the county a proposition to establish a county board of election commissioners, the circuit court shall cause such proposition to be submitted to the electors of the county at the next succeeding general election. The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner as provided in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 18 by cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the question shall be stated: "Shall a board of election commissioners be established for .... County?"
(Source: P. A. 78‑465.) |
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑3)
Sec. 6A‑3. If the county board adopts an ordinance providing for the establishment of a county board of election commissioners, or if a majority of the votes cast on a proposition submitted in accordance with Section 6A‑2 are in favor of a county board of election commissioners, a county board of election commissioners shall be appointed in the same manner as is provided in Article 6 for boards of election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the county board of election commissioners shall be appointed by the chairman of the county board rather than the circuit court. However, before any appointments are made, the appointing authority shall ascertain whether the county clerk desires to be a member of the county board of election commissioners. If the county clerk so desires, he shall be one of the members of the county board of election commissioners, and the appointing authority shall appoint only 2 other members.
(Source: P.A. 91‑358, eff. 7‑29‑99.) |
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑4) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑4)
Sec. 6A‑4. Upon the opening of the office of the county board of election commissioners, the county clerk shall turn over to such board all registry books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and ballot boxes and all other books, forms, blanks and stationery of every description in his hands in any way relating to elections or the holding of elections in the county. Thereupon, all functions, powers and duties of the county clerk or the county board relating to elections are transferred to the county board of election commissioners.
(Source: P. A. 78‑465.) |
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑5) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑5)
Sec. 6A‑5. The provisions of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act relating to boards of election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns shall, insofar as they can be made applicable, apply to and govern county boards of election commissioners established pursuant to this Article. A deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more than one county, where one such county is governed by a county board of election commissioners established pursuant to this Article, may accept the registration of any qualified resident of the municipality, regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in. However, the county board, in fixing the compensation of the members of the county board of election commissioners and of the executive director and assistant executive director, is not subject to the limitations of Section 6‑70 and may provide for either an annual salary or a per diem compensation.
(Source: P.A. 85‑958.) |
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑6) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑6)
Sec. 6A‑6. Any references in this Act to the county clerk or the county board with respect to the registration of voters, filing of petitions, certification of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of election precincts, designation of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county having a county board of election commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of election commissioners.
(Source: P. A. 78‑465.) |
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑7)
Sec. 6A‑7. Any county which has established a board of election commissioners may subsequently vote to abandon such board in the same manner as provided in Article 6 for cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the vote of the electors of the county the proposition to abandon the board of election commissioners shall be signed by at least 10% of the registered voters of the county.
(Source: P.A. 87‑1247.) |